Selma Blair On Being Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis: "I Actually Became Much Happier"
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"Once I knew I had MS - which I'd had for a while - things made so much more sense," the actress said
Hollywood actress Selma Blair says she became "much happier" after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, as she could finally deal with her health sensibly. Multiple sclerosis is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord. Before being diagnosed with it in 2018, Selma Blair underwent a risky two-month hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) to try and kickstart her immune system. The actress told Us Weekly: "Once I knew I had MS - which I'd had for a while - things made so much more sense. And I actually became much happier. I'd had these jerks and spasms for many years, and I'd try to suppress them or keep moving, or drink excessive amounts of alcohol to stop big things that I thought were mental."
"I honestly thought I was making it up before I was diagnosed. I just thought, 'Jesus, Selma, you're very broken inside. Admit it'. I didn't know I wasn't broken and that I had brain tissue damage."
The Cruel Intentions actress said that she was "living a lie" until the diagnosis and has now realised that her condition is more about how she deals with others than about herself, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
